一分钟英语趣问答111

What kind of food is peanuts:  a vegetable, a nut, or a legume?

译句：花生属于哪种类型食物：蔬菜，坚果还是豆科植物？（答案附在文末）

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peanut/'pinʌt/  n. 花生

[惯用语]：

peanut butter 花生酱

peanut cake 花生糕

roasted peanut 烤花生，烘干花生

[例句]：

• I just made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

我刚刚做了个花生酱加果冻的三明治。

• The mouse nibbled at the peanuts.

老鼠一点一点地啃着花生。

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vegetable/'vɛdʒtəbl/  n. 蔬菜

[近义词]：n. green goods,  herb,  plant

[反义词]：n. mineral, animal

[惯用语]：

edible vegetable oil 食用植物油

pickled vegetable 泡菜

vegetable fiber  植物纤维

canned vegetable 蔬菜罐头, 罐头蔬菜

vegetable salad 蔬菜沙拉

salted vegetable 腌菜, 雪里红

[例句]：

• I'm a good cook and  I often make beef noodles and vegetable salad.

我是个好厨师, 我经常做牛肉面和蔬菜沙拉。

• All around the village are vegetable fields.

村子四围都是菜地。

• Don't mix up the two kinds of vegetable seeds.

别把这两种菜籽搀杂在一起。

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legume/'lɛgjʊm/  n. 豆荚, 豆类, 豆科植物

[例句]：

• Peanuts are the seeds of a legume, or member of the bean family.

花生是豆类的种子, 或豆子家族的成员。

• Legumes are an excellent source of protein.

豆类是蛋白质的极好来源。

• Legumes are plants whose seeds grow in pods, such as peas and beans.

豆科植物是一种种子长在豆荚里的植物，例如豌豆和豆子。

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答案：a legume

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